Sexuality
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# 43407
[Photographer unknown].
Ambrotype portrait of “Jake and Charles. Two old cronies – intimate friends … Who can deny that we are a happy pair when together.” Dated 15 September, 1862.
[USA : unknown photographer], September 1862. Sixth-plate ambrotype with applied colouring, 53 x 62 mm (sight), in an oval brass mat with a scrolling foliate motif, housed in a half leather case with embossed geometric design; a fully contemporary inscription in pencil to the paper lining the inside wall of the case reads: ‘Taken Sept. …
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# 49788
PARKER SISTERS; TOM OF FINLAND
Gay Monopoly : a celebration of gay life!
West Hollywood, CA : The Parker Sisters, Division of Fire Island Games, Inc., [1983]. Board game in the original box, 26 x 51 x 4 cm, as new in shrink-wrap, complete as issued; the contents (of which our images show components from an already opened example of the game) include the illustrated game board, card …
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# 50368
FETTERS IN LONDON
Fetters in London Price List Nov ’86
London : Fetters, 1986. Single sheet, folded, photocopied line illustrations, list of bondage equipment for sale including British Police hardware, pre-19th century irons, strait jackets, bodybags, chastity belts, hospital restraints, heavy rubber and latex, latex hoods, saddle leather, plugs, tit clamps and other miscellaneous equipment. Scarce price list and catalogue for the classic London S&M …
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# 50330
COOPER, Rev. Wm. (pseudonym)
Flagellation & the Flagellants. A history of the rod in all countries from the earliest period to the present time.
London: William Reeves, [c. 1900]. Revised edition. Octavo, finely bound in half crushed morocco over marbled papered boards, pp. xii; 544, small stain to marking of final leaf, illustrated. An essential reference for both the practitioner and amateur enthusiast on all aspects of flagellation. Chapters are devoted to flagellation amongst the Jews, the Romans, the …
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# 50084
YANG, William et al.
William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen
Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), 2021. Reprinted 2022. Quarto, gilt-lettered pictorial boards, pp. 220, extensively illustrated. Queensland-born, Sydney-based photographer William Yang’s significant contribution to Australian photography spans five decades. Known for his reflective and joyous depictions of Australia’s LGBTQI scene in the late 70s and 80s through to the …
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# 49792
FISCHER, Hal (1950 - )
Gay semiotics : a photographic study of visual coding among homosexual men (deluxe edition with original signed photograph)
Los Angeles : Cherry and Martin, 2015. Quarto, lettered boards in matching slipcase (slight crease along upper panel), pp. 56, illustrated. A fine copy. Second edition, the first edition published by NFS Press in San Francisco in 1977. The deluxe edition, limited to 250 copies bound in hardcover with slipcase (this is copy number 54), …
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# 49941
FISCHER, Hal (1950 - )
Gay semiotics : a photographic study of visual coding among homosexual men (first edition)
San Francisco : NFS Press, 1977. First edition. Quarto, lettered wrappers (edges very slightly rubbed, erasure of bookseller’s pencilled price on preliminary blank), pp. 56, illustrated. A fine copy. The rare first edition. In 2015 a facsimile was printed (which sold out), this summary is taken from the publisher’s description: ‘Hal Fischer’s Gay Semiotics: A …
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# 49098
BENNETT, Michael
Homosexuality
S.l. : the author, May 13, 1958. High school term project by an American student, Michael (Mike) Bennett, typescript, printed rectos only, title sheet, 9 leaves, two blanks, on the topic of homosexuality as viewed in the 1950s, with pen corrections by his teacher. ‘The subject of homosexuality is one of importance and acute interest …
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# 49385
NORTH, Gerry, et al.
The night of your life. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (limited edition)
Sydney : Rural and City Media Services, 1992. Quarto, full leather with pictorial inlay, pp. 176, extensively illustrated. Limited to 4000 numbered copies. The deluxe leather bound edition; a paperback edition was also released.
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# 49336
YANG, William (1943 - )
Friends of Dorothy (signed presentation copy)
Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 1997. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, pp. 168, illustrated. With a signed presentation inscription from William Yang on the title page, as well as a gift inscription. For over fifty years William Yang has photographed gay and lesbian life in Australia, documenting culture and subculture through the lens of …
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# 49222
WALLIS, Pip et al.
Queer : stories from the NGV collection
Edited by Ted Gott, Angela Hesson, Myles Russell-Cook, Meg Slater, and Pip Wallis with contributors. Melbourne, Victoria : National Gallery of Victoria, 2021. This quarto, decorated papered boards (lightly marked), pp. xxvii, 598, illustrated. A very good copy. ‘QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection is more than an exhibition catalogue. This 628-page publication expands on …
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# 47157
ADSHEAD, Soosie
[FEMINISM; MELBOURNE] “They said it couldn’t happen”
Large screen print poster designed by Soosie Adshead (signed in the image lower right), 600 x 430 mm; unmounted, original vertical and horizontal folds, in fine original condition (even though stored for over 40 years!). This striking poster was produced in conjunction with a landmark concert of women’s music – a joint production of LaTrobe …
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# 48143
FISCHER, Hal
18th Near Castro St. x 24
San Francisco : NFS Press, 1978. Oblong octavo, lettered wrappers (edges a little rubbed), pp. [56], photographically illustrated. The rare original printing of Hal Fischer’s seminal photobook documenting 24 hours at a bus stop in the Castro from 9 am Saturday morning to 9 am Sunday morning. The 24 photographs, taken every hour, show the …
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# 46884
FRASER, Virginia (1947-2021)
Virginia Fraser, feminist, artist, writer : six self-portraits in photo booth strip format.
[Melbourne? c.1985]. Six gelatin prints, each 65 x 53 mm, in two strips of three; unmounted; fine condition. Provenance: Estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), Australian feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.
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# 47683
CALL, Harold L. (editor)
[INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS]. Mattachine Review. Vol. 6, No. 2, February 1960
San Francisco : Mattachine Society, 1960. Octavo, lettered wrappers (lightly creased and marked), pp. 28, a very good copy of this scarce and important periodical from one of the first gay rights groups in the United States. This issue includes article ‘Homosexuality among the American Indians and other native peoples of the world’ by Omer …
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# 47772
People's Gay Sunshine
People’s Gay Sunshine : a newspaper of gay males
Berkeley: People’s Gay Sunshine, [1970s]. Tabloid newspaper, pp. 20, central fold, illustrated. Includes essays, poems, news and reviews etc. Only issue published. The cover story on James Baldwin has misspelled his name ‘Balwin’. Includes poetry by Allen Ginsburg, Edward Carpenter, an Open Letter to Tennessee Williams, and reformist critiques on socialism, feminism and gay oppression.